Minto Votes to Delegate Strong Mayor Powers Back to Council and Staff

Council still aims to host public forum on controversial strong mayor powers

'We don't want to waste people's time and we want to make sure if they are coming here that there is information for them,' said Coun. Durnford

Minto votes to delegate Strong Mayor Powers back to council and staff

Minto Council has voted on what they'll be doing going forward with respect to strong mayor powers: delegating them back to council and staff.

Strong Mayors Is A Stealth Time Bomb

Local municipalities that have become strong mayor communities as of May 1st, are putting measures in place to bury the designation in a series of “delegated authority” protocols to return decision making to Council and senior township staff, in many cases. Where delegation is not possible, such as budget preparation,…